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First, watch this classic Mitchell And Webb sketch. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToKcmnrE5oYVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Mitchell and Webb: "Are we the baddies?" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToKcmnrE5oY) Then consider which Marvel Comics hero, one even with a TV show to his name, might fit inside that pattern. We've seen Vision and Scarlet Witch coerced, Deadpool seems to have been groomed by[...]

Straight from Dynamite, the writer's commentary from F. Wesley Schneider on 'Pathfinder: Runescars #1'.

Today we have two, exclusive extended previews for Dynamite titles shipping this week and I don't think they could be any more diverse from the other.

From the DC Rebirth onwards, culminating in November's Doomsday Clock, Superman will meet Dr Manhattan. Dr Manhattan, created by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons for the creator-owned comic Watchmen, that all of a sudden wasn't creator-owned when it started making serious money for DC Comics, spent much of his time naked, blue penis swinging in the breeze. Sorry, I[...]

It's a good time for Venom fans. Coming off the Sony announcement of Tom Hardy being cast as the lead in a Venom film... I hope he does the Bane voice...

A possession tale like no other, Hester and Harris take horror comics to new heights…and new lows in this startling ongoing series from AfterShock Comics! Opening a jarring window on to a world of horror from the Eisner Award-nominated writer of The Coffin, Firebreather, and Deathstroke and the Eisner Award-winning artist of Ex Machina and[...]

Dark Horse Comics listed The Strange Case Of The Disappearing Man, a six-issue series by Cole Haddon and Sebastián Cabrol for June. Inspector Thomas Adye of Scotland Yard is determined to return to normalcy after his run-in with Edward Hyde and Jack the Ripper, and the bizarre cases he's confronted since—including his most recent, and cold, strange case[...]

Most trademark folk know the strange position that DC Comics and Marvel have found themselves, protecting and defending their joint claim to the trademark for the word "superhero" If you use the name for your business, especially if you try and trademark that word as part of your business, you'll get a letter demanding you[...]

Monday sees the Final Order Cut-Off date for retailers ordering the first issue of Bill & Ted Save The Universe by Brian Joines and Bachan out on June

Then he stopped. Then he became the EIC of Comics Alliance. Then, recently, Comics Alliance stopped. He was also writing the comic Freelance for Chapterhouse Comics. And now… he is their Director Of Marketing. Congratulations Wheeler! Feel free to contact us on ads@bleedingcool.com… Once upon a time, Andrew Wheeler wrote the No More Mutants column for Bleeding Cool[...]

Syfy? You have a lot to answer for, Coming to comic stores on August 23rd from American Mythology is a new series by SA Check and Scottie Watson.

Cullen Bunn and Iban Coello create the first issue of Venomverse, a series which along with Edge of Venomverse set up the big Venom event coming for 2017.

BBC International is not the broadcasting company we know and love, but a footwear firm. Previously, they had run up against Marvel Comics over BBC's attempts to trademark the black silhouetted image of a spider for their footwear products and, after much to-and-froing, abandoned their claim. But as a result, they became a licensor to Marvel Comics, selling[...]

In terms of comics given away, people attending the event and number of stores even participating. But it's not the whole picture Diamond also conducted a survey amongst participators which, while self-selecting, the nature of the beast suggests that the same people who filled it in last year, filled it in this year And while it[...]

Coincidence? @hunterpence @SFGiants pic.twitter.com/gd8YGewQgN — Ming Chen (@mingchen37) April 25, 2017   Hunter Pence is a Major League Baseball right fielder for the San Francisco Giants, previously playing for the Houston Astros and Philadelphia Phillies and a member of the 2012 World Series and 2014 World Series championship teams. He's also opening a comic shop. Along with his wife and[...]

Lark's Killer by Bill Willingham and Mark Dos Santos is 1First Comics' big launch of 2017 The first brand new comic created by Willingham since Fables. And those at Phoenix Comicon can get a 33 page preview of what's in store with the Lark's Killer 2017 Phoenix Comicon preview for $20 at booths 647,746, AA1613. Those lucky enough to[...]

Bleeding Cool understands from multiple sources that long-standing X-Men editor Daniel Ketchum was let go by Marvel Comics on Tuesday. Popular with fans, no reason has been officially given Marvel are making no comment and Daniel has not returned inquiries. But Ketchum did change his Twitter account description to remove the mention that he is a Marvel[...]

But with a return to monthly comics to come… Out in 2018 :) And I'll have more monthly comics out by then, of course Thank you so much for the support! — Elsa Charretier (@e_charretier) May 25, 2017 Congratulations Elsa! Elsa Charretier is the comic book artist who launched Unstoppable Wasp earlier this year with a very notable[...]

Phoenix Comicon is kicking off and while the world is concerned about a firearm arrest at the show, the people on the ground are just annoyed about the

For a while, Marvel Comics made nine of their titles available every month for retailers to commission exclusive variant covers. Then they shrunk it to five a month for a few months. Well for August they have split the difference and have gone with seven. Including five of the Generations comics… GENERATIONS: BANNER HULK & TOTALLY AWESOME HULK #1 GENERATIONS:[...]

As in, that's the sort of stuff which immediately makes me want to dig into it. Also, a number of useful visuals immediately presented themselves. Page 3: Anyway — Felix here, and his look positions it in the timeline of the Bond comics See the Felix comic for more details, true believer, etc. Explicit name-check for the exhibition I[...]

Marvel has registered a trademark for the phrase “Spirits Of Vengeance” for comic books, printed periodicals in the field of comic book stories and

On the 40th anniversary of the first Star Wars film's release, Paul B Rainey, the critically acclaimed creator of comics such as Memory Man, Thunder Brother: Soap Division and the graphic novel There's No Time Like The Present, has created a very special post-credits scene for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story that gives the lead characters a happy[...]

But in this week's All-New Guardians of the Galaxy #2 from Marvel, extra-dimensional prison guards at The Collector's vault bear a striking resemblance to the characters who belong to the wizarding cinematic universe of Warner Bros, the parent company of rival comic book publisher DC: We've all hoped for Harry Potter to come to comics at one point or[...]

Marvel Comics do about seven a month Image Comics is returning to them with Youngblood and a new system to support subsequent issues But retailer exclusive covers from DC Comics have become rarer of late, since a spurt with Harley Quinn and Justice League Vs Suicide Squad. Well, they may be returning again, with Dark Nights: Metal[...]

Four comic books from Image Comics have sold out and are going to a further printing on 21st June. Girl Scouts: Magic Socks #1, Redneck #2 and Plastic #2 have all sold through their first printings and will be getting second printings across the board. Redneck #1 has already burnt through its second printing and is going[...]

With the release of Redneck #2 (and initial Bleeding Cool Bestseller List charts indicating that it has made it onto the top ten of some stores), writer Donny Cates is as hot as any comics writer right now, with Babyteeth from AfterShock and Redneck and God Country from Image Comics Watch for Buzzkill, Ghost Fleet, Interceptor[...]

Yesterday, Bleeding Cool reported that as well as Justice League #22, the team of Bryan Hitch and Fernando Pasarin would be off #23 and #24. Well, the

A few upcoming DC Comics covers for June shipping titles As ever, you may have seen some of them You won't have seen most of them… Superman #25 by Ryan Sook, the full version of the one we saw a few weeks ago… Wild Storm #5 by Declan Shalvey. Super Sons #5 by Dustin Nguyen. Superman #25 by Jorge[...]

The new storyline Underworld begins in Aquaman #25, on Final Order Cutoff this week. The issue written by Dan Abnett and painted by Stjepan Sejic. In this